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Recife: white, brown, and yellow building

Recife in August

ok · worth considering

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  1. Recife in January: sweet spot
  2. Recife in February: sweet spot
  3. Recife in March: good
  4. Recife in April: good
  5. Recife in May: avoid
  6. Recife in June: avoid
  7. Recife in July: ok
  8. Recife in August: ok
  9. Recife in September: sweet spot
  10. Recife in October: sweet spot
  11. Recife in November: sweet spot, busy
  12. Recife in December: good, busy
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August at Recife is 27°C by day and 23°C at night, with 12 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. 27C max, 12 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high27°C
Nightly low23°C
Feels like, afternoon29°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more12 · 125 mm
Humidity79%
Sunshine10.6 h/day
Daylight11.9 h/day
Crowds81 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Boa Viagem, 9 km from the airport (REC): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

August: busier than usual. Busiest in November and December.

Recife in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 27°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 12 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 79%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C plugs at 127 / 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Brazilian real. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Everything for Brazil: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Recife: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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